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Briefly explain the geological time scale

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Geological time means millions of years taken before human existence in resource formation on earth.
To represent the geological time, geological timescale is constructed in which the history of earth, prior to human existence, is divided into time interval. The largest division is called eons, which span millions of years and eons are further divided into eras, periods and epochs.

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